Bookholder and carrier



Jan. 13, 1942. T. w. DEUSCH BOOKHOLDER AND CARRIER (JACKET) Filed March 23, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I. i 5 Tfleqdore 1L Zea-66k Ill WW5:

sides and to pull the Patented Jan. 13, 1942 BOOKHOLDER AND CARRIER (JACKETi Theodore W. Deusch, Magnolia, N. J.

Application March 23, 1939, Serial No. 263,594

'9 Claims. (Cl. 224- 7) My inventionrelates to book jackets which are used also as a means of carrying books.

i The main purpose of theinvention is to sup port a book by the jacket from the lower edges of the book covers and to draw the book covers together by the supporting means for the jacket. Apurpose of the invention is to carry a book closed from above, by a handle, with thefree cover edges and the end of the handle, at the same time adapted to pull the covers toward closed position by the "handle.

A further purpose is to support a book from above "through the. free lower edges of its book book sidesshut by the supporting means.

A further purpose is to provide pockets in a jacket for th free edges of the book covers extending in a downwardly direction and to hold the pockets and the flaps of the jacket in which the pockets are formed by straps from which at the top (back) of the book the jacket cover and book are supported.

A further purpose'is to provide a handle for book support and to pull the book covers together bystraps extending from th handle.

A further purpose is to provide a handle for book support beneath whichthe book is carried with the free edges of the cover down, the free edgesof the coverbeing engaged by flaps of a book jacket and held together by connections with the handle whereby the handle and the connections lie out of the way when the book is open, permitting untrammeled reading of and access to the book." I A further purpose is to provide a handle outside the back of a book for carriage of the book with connections from the handle to supports which hold up and draw together the lower parts of the free edges of the cover, the connecflaps of the jacket and which draw them together across the jacket.

A further purpose is to carry a book vertically with the back up'by supports engaging the lower free edges of the book covers.

A further purpose is to provide a book enclosing jacket engagingthe free long edges of the book sides and to carry the book'and jacket from above by supporting straps which pull the jacket sides toward each other to keep'the book closed. Desirably the opening of the'book pulls a supporting handle against the back I of the book through these same straps.

One of the considerable advantages of the present invention is that the opening of the book draws upon th straps which have previously acted Iassupports and which are shown as passing through the back of the book jacket. The pulling upon these supports draws the handle up against the back of the jacket and toward the back of the book. There are, therefore, no projections from the carrying mechanism to show outside of the jacket when the book is open and the handle occupies a position where his least in the way. The fact that the back of the book lies up protects the otherwise more exposed free edges of the pages from the weather and at the same time the back of the book is protected against weather stains andusage by its closeness against the back of the jacket.

Further purposes will appear in the'specification and in the claims.

I have preferred to illustrate the invention by these few forms only, selecting forms which are practical, effective, and inexpensive and which have been selected primarily because of the advantage in illustration of the invention.

tions between the handle and the jacket allow i the handle to extend in carriage and, the conn'ections' with the handle pull the handle up against the book when the covers are opened.

A further purpose is to provide a jacket for book carriage with pocketsalong the lower edges of the jacket for receipt of the free edges of the book covers and to support the jacket and book by a handle and diagonal connections across from the handle to the opposite jacket covers.

A further purpose is to provide a jacket or book carriage along with strap connections and sup- I port of a jacket andfor pulling the flaps of the jacket together. I i

A further purpose is to support a book carrying jacket by straps which are attached to the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book supported from one of the forms of my carrier.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary. perspective view of the invention with the parts applied, but with the book open and with the back up and the pages down.

Figures 3 to '7 are end elevational views, showing alternative forms by which connections between the jacket and a handle may be made.

Figure '8 is a fragmentary longitudinal section taken upon line 8-8 of Figure 3.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic side elevation of one of the forms of the invention.

In the drawings similar numerals indicate like parts.

' My book carrier will likely find its greatest use in the carriage of books for use by persons who are travelling and who wish to read them on trains or street cars and to protect them from injury by the weather. It is important for such a use that when the book is being read the carrier shall offer as little additional bulk and bother as possible.

The book indicated has a stiff cover and is taken as a conventional book for illustration. The diagonal strap type of connection shown in Figures 1, 3, and is suited best to books of considerable thickness, whereas the carrier of Figures 4, 6, and .7 is applicable not only to these thicker books but to thin books such as pamphlets and the like. In carrying pamphlets or similar thin cover books, a number of the book pages can be inserted in the pockets of the jacket, thereby giving stiffness to the ends of the book for carrying purposes.

The casing, preferably called the jacket, here comprises outer flaps II and I2 and a back IS. The lower inner faces of the flaps carry pockets I 4 and I5 which receive the lower outer edges of the book covers 16 and II respectively so that if the book covers can be kept closed the book can be supported from the back of the case or jacket.

The handle I8 which is connected with the flaps of the jacket by means of straps shown in Figures 1, 3 to 7, and 9 will be described in the order of the figures.

The structure as so far described with a handle and means for causing a pull upon the handle to keep the jacket covers closed comprises my invention.

In Figure 1 a strap having ends I9 and 20, is secured to loops 2| in the handle, and threads through holes 22 and 23 in each end of the two ends of the jacket. The straps, however, may be of any desired assemblage or construction if straps are presented from the handle to engage the jacket sides.

The strap ends I 9 and 20 inside the cover cross at 24 and 25 and are attached at 26 and 21 to inner faces of the flaps of the jacket diagonally opposite respectively to the holes 22 and 23 through which these respective strap ends pass. In this form the .cord or strap ends l9 and 20 are shown preferably as round.

With the connection shown, holding the jacket and book by the handle causes the strap ends l9 and 20 to pull diagonally opposite each to its point of attachment with the result and effect that the jacket flaps are held together and thus hold together the covers of the book. Since the jacket can'project lengthwise beyond the end of the book and desirably does project far enough beyond each end of the book to protect the book from the weather, there is ample room in the portion of the jacket exposed beyond each end of the book for the strap of the character indicated.

It will be evident that the support of the book as described is dependent in some measure upon the stiffness of the book covers since there is a tendency to buckle the book covers transversely. No difficulty will ordinarily be had from this score because the books to which this form is best suited are books thick enough ordinarily to be provided with board or other stiffened covers. Where this is not the case, it is desirable to include not only one cover of the book in each jacket pocket but to include a considerable number of pages of the book, depending in number upon the thickness of the book; and where the book is thin or particularly heavy, it is better to use one of the other forms of strap cross connection. On the other hand, the tendency to buckle is offset by the fact that the flaps of the jacket hold the book covers close against the body of the book, giving little room for buckling of the book.

The form shown in Figure 3 bears some resemblance to that shown in Figure 1 in that the strap ends extend diagonally beneath the back of the jacket but difiers from it in that the strap which passes through the back of the jacket draws together other straps connected with the flaps of the jacket instead of extending diagonally to directly engage these flaps. In this form of Figure 3 the strap ends l9 and 20' pass through holes 22 and 23' as in the case of Figure 1 and extend diagonally at 24 and 25 beneath the back where they pass through one end of double eyelets 28 and 29 with the effect that the eyelets are drawn together by pull upon the straps l9 and 20' due to the weight of the book hanging from the handle. The eyelets are also connected at their other ends with straps 3i] and 3| which are attached at the interior surfaces of the jacket flaps 26 and 21.

The form shown in Figure 5 corresponds almost wholly with the form shown in Figure 1 with the difference, however, that the diagonal strain of the straps I9 and 20 upon the bordering surfaces of the slots or openings in the back of the cover 22 and 23 are additionally held against the upper inner surfaces of the jacket by sleeves 32 and 33 attached to the jacket flaps. The cross extensions 24 and 25 thus extend and-are angular in the same way as in Figure 1 except that they extend diagonally from the sleeves 32 and 33 instead of diagonally from the openings 22 and 23. In this form I have shown the strap as round in cross section. Though there is no theoretical difference whatever, it is considered desirable to use round cross section forthese straps I9 and 20 also as distinguished from other cross section.

In the form shown in Figure 4 the straps I9 and 20 pass through openings in the back of the jacket as before but instead of diagonalizing as in Figures 1, 3, and 5 they extend from these openings to sleeves 32 and 33 on the inner faces of the jacket covers and on the same sides of the jacket covers as are the openings through which these respective strap ends pass. From the straps 24 and 25 the strap ends are united across the width of the jacket and across the width of the book at the ends of the book. The strap portions 24 and 25 are not crossed but pull freely through the sleeves 32 and 33 to pull the flaps of the jacket toward each other and to hold them there. Because this form exerts a larger portion of strain, pulling the flaps against the book, than with the form of Figures 1, 3, and 5 it is better suited to hold a book which does not have rigid covers and because it does not depend upon extent of diagonalization of tightened pull, it is better suited than the cross forms to hold a thin book whether the thin book have rigid covers or not.

The sleeves 32 and 33 operate on the same principle as do the eyelets 28 and 29, having a transverse strap section sliding with respect to the sleeves or operating walls to pull the jacket covers toward each other as do the eyelets 28 :atithe lower ends of these straps i but differrfrom the form shown in Figure 4 :in that they both lpass'fthe straps through elongated sleeves 32 and 33' and 32 and 33 These two forms of Fig- .ures 16 and 7 differ from each other in that the (sleeves of Figure 6 are upon the outer sides of the jacket flaps, whereas those in Figure '7 are supported upon theiinner faces of thesejacket covers.

:In operation, with whatever form, the book jacket is open and the :free edges of the book sideszare inserted xwithin' the pockets of the book jacket. The jacket is then closed, :closing the :book and the book is lifted and carried by :the

handle for the .jacket. Since the'supporting .and

book .closing straps pass :through the back of the jacket, the handle will be drawn away from the back .of the jacket by the Weight of the book and jacket while the book is being carried, but opening of the book through pulling upon the straps will draw the handle close up under and against the back of the jacket which will also be close to the back of the book.

It will be evident that basically my invention depends upon the support of the book with the free edges down from the free book cover edges and pulling the sides of the book together by the support.

It will be evident that in all of the forms the carrying support, here the handle, operates through the back of a protecting jacket to pull the side members of the jacket against the enclosed book, the jacket meantime more directly supporting the book from the lower edges of the book sides.

In view of my invention and disclosure, variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, straps located near the ends of the jacket to be edgewise outwardly beyond the book, having portions intermediate and diagonal with respect to the sides having ends fastened to the jacket sides at portions thereof intermediate the jacket edges and the jacket back, threading the jacket at opposite sides of the back, supporting the jacket and drawing the sides of the jacket toward each other and a handle above the back in carrying position and connected with the straps by which the jacket and book are carried depending from the handle with the free edges down.

2. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, straps secured to the insides of the jacket covers, links at the unattached ends of the straps, further straps extending through the links and through the back of the jacket at spaced points and a handle above the back in carrying position and engaged by the further straps to pull the .sidesof the jacket in the direction of the 'links of the first-mentioned straps.

3. .A book jacket having free'edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination "with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and sup- ;port the outer free edges of the book covers, a "handle above the back in carrying position and straps at the two ends of the jacket located to he 'edgewise outwardly beyond the book passing through the jacket cover at opposite sides of the back, diagonally crossing below the back from oneJside of the cover to the other and connected with the inner faces of the jacket sides to pull the jacket sides toward each other by longitudinal: strain upon the straps.

4. Abook jacket having free edges, sides, and

a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, a handle above the back in carrying position and extending lengthwise along the length of the back of the jacket.

5. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, a handle above the back in carrying position and extending lengthwise along the length of the jacket and strap connections with the handle from the two ends of the handle to the inner faces of the sides of the jacket, the straps located near the jacket ends to be edgewise of the book beyond the book, secured to the said inner faces, crossing diagonally to sliding connections with the other faces to pull sides of the jacket together and the handle carrying the book and jacket depending with the free edges down.

6. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, a handle above the back in carrying position and extending lengthwise along the length of the jacket and strap connections with the handle from the two ends of the handle to the inner faces of the jacket, the vertical pull of the straps being transformed to horizontal sliding of transverse sections of the straps and the handle carrying the book and jacket depending with the free edges down.

'7. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, a handle above the back in carrying position and extending lengthwise along the length of the jacket and strap connections with the handle from the two ends of the handle to the inner faces of the jacket, the straps passing through sleeves connected with the insides of the jacket covers and then transversely of the book whereby pull upon the strap shortens the transverse extensions of the straps and thus pulls the jacket covers toward each other and the handle carrying the book and jacket depending with the free edges down.

8. A book jacket having free edges, sides, and a back adapted to enclose a book in combination with pockets near the free edges of the jacket inside the jacket and adapted to receive and support the outer free edges of the book covers, a handle above the back in carrying position and extending lengthwise along the length of the jacket and strap connections with the handle at each end of the handle to the inner faces of the jacket the said connections including diagonal straps connected with the inner faces at the ends of the jacket sides, links at the end of the straps and additional straps passing through the links to the handle tending with longitudinal movement on the additional straps to pull the links toward each other and exert stress upon the jacket covers, the handle carrying the book and jacket depending with the free edges down.

9. A book carrier comprising a book jacket having flat sides and a back, and supporting means for receiving the lower edges of the book sides along the inner lower parts of the jacket sides, a handle above the back in carrying position and straps from the handle adapted to pass down beyond the ends of the book at the respective ends of the book and operatively connected across from one jacket side to the other jacket side and adapted to pull the sides toward each other with strain upon the straps, the handle carrying the book end jacket depending with the free edges down.

THEODORE W. DEUSCH. 

